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MATT LAUER, co-host:Casey Anthony
's whereabouts have been a closely guarded secret since she was acquitted of murdering her daughter. But now a judge says that
Anthony
must return to
Florida
by tomorrow afternoon.
NBC
's
Kerry Sanders
is in
Orlando
to explain.
Kerry
, good morning to you.

KERRY SANDERS reporting:Well, good morning,
Matt.
A judge has ordered that
Casey Anthony
has to show up at this building here in
Orlando
and meet her
probation
officer. Everyone thought she was free to go wherever she wanted, that she had no need for any sort of supervision, but now the judge has clarified an order saying she has a one-year
probation
to serve and she has to complete that time right here
Orlando
. Two weeks ago when
Casey Anthony
walked out of jail a free woman,
Orlando
attorney
Richard Hornsby
wondered how could she simply disappear when she still had a year's
probation
to fulfill. He had been a legal analyst during the eight week-long trial at
Orlando NBC
affiliate
WESH 2 News
.

Mr. RICHARD HORNSBY:It's going to be interesting to see how
Jeff Ashton
comes at him.

SANDERS:Sixteen months ago
Casey
plead guilty to passing bad checks.

Judge STAN STRICKLAND:Are you entering this plea freely and voluntarily?

Ms. CASEY ANTHONY:Yes, I am.

SANDERS:The store security camera showed her buying sunglasses, clothes, even the blue hoodie she wore when she was arrested.

Ms. ANTHONY:I'm sorry for what I did. I take complete and full responsibility for my actions.

SANDERS:The sentence in the check fraud case handed down by Judge
Stan Strickland
called for a year's
probation
.

Judge STRICKLAND:Has anybody forced you or coerced you into doing this?

SANDERS:Yet somehow
Casey
was given credit for that
probation
while in her jail cell.

Mr. HORNSBY:I kind of felt like
Casey Anthony
was getting a significant break that the
average Joe
would not have gotten.

SANDERS:On Monday Judge
Strickland
issued a clarification of his sentence, and ordered
Casey Anthony
, "You shall report within 72 hours to the
probation
and parole office in
Orange County
,
Florida
."

Unidentified Woman:We the jury find the defendant not guilty.

SANDERS:Casey
, who was declared indigent by the court, has been in hiding. If she follows the
court order
to return to
Orlando
, it's unclear where she would live. Maybe at her parents' home where she once lived with her daughter
Caylee
. While it may not apply to her, in the most extreme cases in
Florida
some paroled convicts forced to provide an address choose to live under bridges, in homeless camps.

Ms. GRETL PLESSINGER (Florida Department of Corrections):Every offender must give us an address or a location of where they're going to be so we can supervise them. That might be a home, it might be a hotel room, it might be a sidewalk, it might be the parking lot of a
probation
office.

SANDERS:Under
Florida law
, whatever address she gives would be made public, part of the public record, posted even on the
Internet
unless a special exception is made. Now,
Casey
's attorney,
Cheney Mason
, says he plans to go to court today to file a motion to get Judge
Strickland
disqualified from this case, and he hopes in the process his order requiring
Casey Anthony
show up at

ORLANDO, Fla. — A lawyer for Casey Anthony is expected to begin a legal battle against a judge's decision to order her to serve a year of supervised probation over a check fraud case, NBC News reported.

Where will Anthony live?
If Anthony does return to Orange County, it's unclear where she would live.

According to Sanders, parolees must give an address or location so they can be supervised under Florida law.

The law also requires that the address be made part of the public record unless a special exception is made.

NBC-affiliate station WESH 2 reported that its legal analyst, Richard Hornsby, believed that if Anthony does serve probation, it will not be be very strict.

"It's not like she will have to wear a GPS monitor or have constant contact," the defense attorney said.

Anthony pleaded guilty in January 2010 to 13 counts in a check fraud case, NBC-affiliate station WESH.com reported.

She was sentenced to 412 days in Orange County Jail with credit for 412 days time served and was ordered to pay $5,517.75 in court costs, in addition to the year's probation.

NBC News obtained a copy of the amended documents, which explain that "the Defendant is to report to Probation upon release."

Under its terms, she must "make a full and truthful report to your [her] Probation Officer" not later than the fifth day of each month, pay the State of Florida at least $20 a month toward the cost of her supervision, not change her residence without consent and not carry any firearm or weapon without permission.